The Renaissance
1. The concept of the Renaissance
2. Factors leading to the Renaissance
3. Characteristics
4. The achievements in Art, Literature, Natural Science and Philosophy


The concept of the
Renaissance
a French word means rebirth or fresh beginning

Describing the period of European history from the early 14th to the late 16th century
Describing the intellectual and economic changes that artistic, social, scientific, political thought turned in new directions
I T A L Y
G E R M A N Y
F R A N C E
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Factors leading to the Renaissance
Workers and Wages
The Black Death caused the shortage of workers. The workers had higher wages meanwhile the prizes of goods reduced. There fore, many workers could bought bigger houses and finer closes.


Science and Religion

- Religion: trying to prevent another disaster by renewing their faith in the Church

- Science: developing a new way of looking at the world. It was a non-religious way of looking at nature, humans, philosophy and art

The Plague
The Black Death, an epidemic of plague in Europe that lasted from 1347 to 1351, resulted in the deaths of almost 1/2 of Europe’s population

Characteristics
Rediscovery of classical Literature and Art

Objectivity

Individualism
Rediscovery of classical Literature and Art
Considering the Literature of ancient Greece and Roma as the height of human knowledge and important models for a new age
Renaissance works of Art and Literature serve a specialized interest and purpose
Objectivity
New ideology of separating from the religiousness
Tending to morality of human actions
religiousness: tính mộ đạo
Individualism
Showing the individual characteristic on works
Appearance of many talents
The achievements
Literature

Art

Natural Science

Philosophy

Famous works:
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
(1564-1616), English, the greatest playwright, poet and dramatist


William Shakespeare
Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy –the Old Bridge
built in 1345


Duomo, Florence, Italy- famous cathedral for Gothic architecture
Saint Paul`s Cathedral, England
M o n a l i s a
The last supper by Leonardo de Vinci
Known for
Making a number of important astronomical discoveries, including the four moons of Jupiter, sunspots, and the myriad of stars that compose the Milky Way
Proposing that falling bodies would all fall at the same rate, regardless of mass, if there were no air resistance
Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), English statesman and writer, known for his intelligence and devotion to the Catholic church
Utopia (1516)
A satirical account of life on the fictitious island of Utopia.
On this island the interests of the individual are subordinate to those of society at large, all people must do some work, universal education and religious toleration are practiced, and all land is owned in common.